Star Amps Gain Star 15 watt 1×12 combo – Black / Cream with Gold Panel, Hand-Wired, Class A, Boutique Tube Guitar Amplifier – USED! Star Amplifiers

Star Amps Gain Star 15 1×12 combo

Used! Just in on consignment!

Boutique Tube Guitar Amplifier

15 watts, Class A, Hand-Wired construction

Mark Sampson built – Matchless, Badcat, etc…

Used! Just in on consignment from one of our regular, long time clients. This Gainstar 15 combo is a 15 watt, all-tube, Class A, hand-wired amp loaded with the Star Amps proprietary custom modified Celestion Vintage 30 speaker (same as Matchless and Badcat, two other companies associated with boutique amp guru Mark Sampson). Make’n Music was a dealer for Star Amps when they were in production and we still would be if they were still making amps. These things absolutely rock! Incredible quality of tone on a level not normally heard and top notch construction. The complexity of the notes and harmonics is on another level. The dynamic response is all there. These are simply fantastic all tube tone machines.

From the old Star Amps website: The GAIN STAR Series represents more than a Connoisseur’s approach to ULTRA-GAIN point-to-point design or more simply put: above and light years beyond the out-of-date hot gain type models previously created by Mark Sampson.

Highly personal Mark Sampson design secrets offer more tone AND put more CLEAN and GAIN and channel switching control at your immediate command. Mark Sampson’s GAIN STAR circuits are cleverly integrated with:

• CHANNEL SWITCHING (no need for an external A/B/Y)
• CLEAN CLEAR FUNCTION labels on control panel (one glance imparts total logic)
• TREBLE AND BASS TONE CONTROLS on both Channel A and B
• CONTROL circuit improvements for best tones
• EFFECTS LOOP

Given the earthly limits of ULTRA-GAIN Class A circuitry; real high gain circuitry that sponges up any infectious waves; the new standard GAIN STAR crams into a black vortex all cross-field interceptions in order to definitively accommodate your clean AND high gain tones AND effects with virtually no signal degradation. Not the new Bench Test standard: GAIN STAR welcomes you to the Bench.

Like all our used/vintage gear this item has been tested for functionality and priced to move. Sold as-is. What you see is what you get. No serious issues, damage or repairs. Some minor cosmetic scuffs and such here and there. Home used only. Well cared for and collector owned.

Features of the Gain Star 15 watt 1×12 combo from Star Amps

• Vacuum tube circuitry.
• Pure CLASS A with tube rectification.
• Hand built, hand wired
• Teflon coated wiring
• Point-to-point wiring only with no circuit boards. All neatly tucked and tied harnessing.
• Vacuum impregnated and resin soaked transformers.
• Large over-service mil-spec components.
• Shock mounted tubes with protective shields.
• Best available tube sets.*(N-O-S tube sets as available on request in SIRIUS Series.)
• Industrial heavy-gauge steel chassis.
• Chicken head knobs,
• Industrial power cord,
• Backlit STAR logo.
• STAR custom modified Vintage CELESTIONŠ Speakers.
• Heavy vinyl cabinet covering.
• 13-ply birch cabinet.
• Pro handle and corners.